The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-10

also, and abstracting every paper he could
ilnd III the metal box and a few others living
loose in the trunk. closed both and returned
| 10 MS own room, leaving all, to all appear
anceS, as he had found them.
he seated himself on a chair ard exam
lned the papers carefully and with feeling
ana exclamation of eXultation as he found
| they contained what he wished, dropped
nolseleSsly from the window to the ground
beneath and wendell his way in circuitous
| direction through the forest.
Golng to the tree where his brother had
so transformed himself that same morning.
he raised large stone and entering a cav
| ern waited
| He had not been there many minutes be-
fore his brother appeared, and long con
| sultatlon took place.
| The papers were read and found to con-
tam evidence enough to give both Duvanee
ana Barney to the hangman as smugglers
| and murderers.
Again Transforming themselves by new
| dlSgulses they made their way to the village
| until evening
N How Dobbs managed to get the note to
Nora we have heard.
After eating her supper Nora retired to
rest as If much fatigued, and ere long Nell
| was snoring soundly on the lounge.
but Nora did not expect to sleep; her heart
| told her that the time of her deliverance
was drawing rapidly near, and her heart
beat with rapid pulsations SO anxious and
eager was she to behold the faces of her
| loved one once more.
| Atmidnight, as usual, Duvanee entered be-
| low, and was soon sleeping off his customary
| intoxication
| Nora was waiting with eager expectation
and bated breath for u signal from with
| out
She did not wait long before she heard the
| hootlng of an owl close by her window; she
| had often heard the same dismal sound
while in her forest prison, but there was a
| popularity in this sound which to her anx-
lous ear sounded like a warning
| Arising from her couch she approached
the window softly so as not to awaken her
| Jallor, whose SnoreS were most profound
owing to the extra draught of gin she had
taken while down stairs and which Duvanee
had given her in his delight when she had
| told him of the change in her captive's
| manner
When Nora reached the window to her
| surprise the wooden bars had been removed
| how she could not conjecture; but to
| Dobbs it had been easy work, the sharp tools
| he carried with him speedily cut through
| the wood without a sound.
Hist, LADY," said voice, softly; "don't
be afraid-just step ont of the window and
I'll help you"
Trembling, but anxious to escape, she did
| as requested, and in an instant an arm was
| thrown around her waist, and before she
| could realize where she was she found her
| self hurried down ladder, and the next
moment she was in her lovers arms
20 Arthur" was all she could say, so
great was her joy
| ''My darling my darling!' whispered the
| young man, clasping her to his breast and
covering her sweet face with kisses
L II L-.A H. =
| most fainting with JOY at her escape, and
half frightened lest she should be captured
| again.
As soon as Nora was safely away Dobbs
| gave another signal, and men sprang from
the covering Of the bushes 1t was but the
| work of an instant to break in the doors of
| the house, and the capture of Duvanee was
| made with little resistance-he was so stupe-
| fled from the effects of liquor that he did
| not realize the situation
Nell made more fuss, but she too was soon
secured and hurried with Duvanee to the
wagon awaiting them, and before daylight
| they were lodged in the village Jail.
As luck would have it there were not
| many frequenters at Barney's, Dobbs and
| three chums besides two or three roughs be-
| ing all.
The roughs soon left, and when they
were gone Dobbs stepped up to Barney and
| said:
81 arrest you for murder and smuggling. y
Barney, seeing through the game that had
been played, drew revolver, but before it
could be used one of Dobbs' par
| ty, or one of the officers of the
law. knocked it out of his hands, and in
an instant Barney was secured and also his
| wife. Placing the tavern in the care of two
officers, Dobbs and the others departed with
his prisoners.
The den in the woods was now broken up,
and also one of the most troublesome bands
of smugglers in the United States.